An engaging and provocative study of the contemporary prime-time 'quality' serial television format, this book gives a timely account of prominent programmes and explores their influential position within the television industry.

This text offers an approach to English phonology which focuses on the prosody of the language and does so from an optimality-theoretic (OT) perspective. The focus is on surface distributional regularities and the results presented are based on searches through various computerized lexicons.

Illustrated with photographs, computer renderings and architectural drawings, this work explores 50 finest performance spaces, as well as restored and transformed buildings. A brief introduction traces the post-war development of theatre and concert hall design, and sets out the circumstances that have led to such a rich provision for performance.

Chart your next steps in teaching from finishing your teacher training programme, your probationary year, and then into the settled routine of the second and third years of teaching. Suitable for newly trained teachers and those in their first year.

A practical introduction to programming for people interested in language. Simple programming expertise is an essential part of many forms of data collection and analysis in these fields. This book undertakes to introduce a completely naive person to the rudiments of Perl.

This volume is a practical introduction to programming using the Java programming language. It includes over 100 carefully constructed sample programs that introduce concepts simply but also accomplish tasks necessary for anyone who works with language as data.

This volume is a practical introduction to programming using the Java programming language. It includes over 100 carefully constructed sample programs that introduce concepts simply but also accomplish tasks necessary for anyone who works with language as data.

A practical introduction to programming for people interested in language. Simple programming expertise is an essential part of many forms of data collection and analysis in these fields. This book undertakes to introduce a completely naive person to the rudiments of Perl.